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Preferred Citation

James B. Terrill letter, 1861 April 5. MS 0161. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

James Barbour Terrill was born in 1838 in Warm Springs, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1858 and went on to become a lawyer. During the Civil War he was a Brigadier General with the Confederate States of America. In 1864 Terrill was killed in action at Bethesda Church, Virginia.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one letter (dated April 5, 1861) from James B. Terrill to Virginia's Governor, John Letcher. Terrill offers to serve as an officer in the Virginia Volunteers and gives a brief account of his previous military experience. The letter also features an endorsement by John B. Baldwin.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Letcher, John, 1813-1884
• United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Personal narratives—Confederate
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1858